Word: foundered
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...long run, you have got to be on the right side of the law," says co-founder Edward Wray. "In the long view, the U.S. market will open up and will look at those who obeyed the rules in a more favorable light...
...from campus this year. And despite sustained efforts by students and police, Harvard’s bicycle theft numbers seem unlikely to go down any time soon.“Bicycle theft in the Cambridge area is incredibly high,” says Tim Ledlie ’02, founder of Quad Bikes, a non-profit bike shop. “It is a tough problem to solve.”In the last four years, numbers have been similarly high: 149, 141, 78, and 138 bikes were stolen in the years 2001-2004, respectively.National rankings consistently place Boston/Cambridge...
...name as generic as The Wrap cannot be legally protected under trademark laws.“We currently have 10 locations, and as we hope to expand, we didn’t want a name that couldn’t be protected,” said CEO and co-founder John S. Pepper.Pepper also said the name change resulted from a mismatch between what his restaurants served and what the name The Wrap portrayed, which he thought presented a major problem in attracting new customers.“Our customers told us that what we served wasn?...
...then-Secretary of State Madeleine Albright to a similar event during her 2000 visit). Staged at night in the giant May Day Stadium in Pyongyang, the pageant features tens of thousands of costumed dancers, gymnasts and singers performing an elaborate tribute to Kim and his father - North Korea's founder, Kim Il Sung. Thousands of children seated on the bleachers opposite the spectators flip colored flash cards to create an ever-changing backdrop of slogans and uplifting images. ?They are fighting for the happiness of our people,? reads one slogan as flash cards form a tableau of parachuting soldiers. Later...
...flash of steel is revealing. Pang, we later discover, is the granddaughter of the founder of North Korea's repressive state security apparatus Pang Hak Se. ?My grandfather was very faithful to the Great Leader Kim Il Sung and Comrade Kim Jong Il,? she tells me. Indeed, one scholar estimates grandfather sent ten of thousands to the gulag...